1 Kings 16:30:81 Kgs.16.30.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
asher
“who or which”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- who or which
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER le-fa-NAV
- clause
mi-KOL a-SHER le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-ya-AS akh-AV ben-OM-re ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH mi-KOL a-SHER le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The comparative clause mi-kōl ’ăšer lə-pānāw {מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְפָנָֽיו | mi-kōl ’ăšer lə-pānāw} ‘from all that were before him’ intensifies Ahab’s wrongdoing. In English, the sentence structure shifts to subject-verb-object, and idioms are rendered as “in the sight of” or “from God’s perspective” for clarity.
Root and etymology
ś-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Kings 16:30
And Ahab, son of Omri, did the evil in the eyes of the LORD more than all who were before him .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 16:30, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֥ר (asher) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.16.30.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.30.W8.S1) and character.